Whitney Houston album price increase sparks apology from Sony

Record label Sony has apologised after raising the price of two
Whitney Houston albums just hours after her tragic death claiming it was a mistake.

Sales of Whitney Houston’s music soared after her death (Picture: AP)

The price of Houston’s Ultimate Collection and Greatest Hits was put up on Apple’s iTunes Store sparking Twitter users to blast the move as ‘greedy’.

Sony released a statement saying: ‘Whitney Houston product was mistakenly mispriced on the UK iTunes store on Sunday. When discovered, the mistake was immediately corrected. We apologise for any offence caused.’

Whitney’s The Ultimate Collection went up from £4.99 to £7.99 while Whitney: The Greatest Hits increased from £7.99 to £9.99 on Sunday morning on the UK version of iTunes.

Houston is on course to have 27 singles in the Top 200 and three albums back in the chart this weekend.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody, One Moment In Time, My Love Is Your Love, I Have Nothing, Saving All My Love For You and How Will I Know are expected in the Top 40.

Her funeral will take place on Saturday at The New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey where she sang as a child.